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Political Science

Inventing Ruritania The Imperialism of the Imagination

Goldsworthy Vesna

ISBN: PB: 9781849042529, Hurst Publishers, April 2013
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! First published in 1998, "Inventing Ruritania: The Imperialism of the Imagination" achieved a rare combination of critical success, broad readership and enduring academic influence. It is now recognised as a key contribution to...

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Military

Political Science

Policing Afghanistan The Politics of the Lame Leviathan

Giustozzi Antonio, Isaqzadeh Mohammed

ISBN: HB: 9781849042055, Hurst Publishers, February 2013
240 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Policing is not a popular topic of serious scholarly research. Although a vast literature on policing exists, it is mostly technical in nature and only rarely analytical. Even the police forces of Western Europe and North Ameri...

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Political Science

Learning While Governing Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch

Gailmard Sean, Patty John W.

ISBN: PB: 9780226924410, ISBN: HB: 9780226924403, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 4 line illus.

Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. In this groundbreaking book, Sean Gailmard and John W. Patty explore an issue central to political s...

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Law

Electing Judges The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy

Gibson James L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226291086, ISBN: HB: 9780226291079, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 tables, 1 halftone, 15 line illus.

In "Electing Judges", leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds tothe growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence and even the rule of law. While many people have opinion...

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Political Science

Buying Power A History of Consumer Activism in America

Glickman Lawrence B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226298672, ISBN: HB: 9780226298658, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
424 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 table, 35 halftones

A definitive history of consumer activism, "Buying Power" traces the lineage of this political tradition back to our nation's founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott e...

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Political Science

Strategies for School Equity Creating Productive Schools in a Just Society

Gittell Marilyn J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300184105, Yale University Press, November 2011
270 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus.

In the pursuit of a first-rate education for all students, America's public schools have struggled to achieve fuller racial integration and higher academic standards. Yet sharp inequities between prosperous school districts and poorer districts remai...

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Europe

Political Science

Hour of Europe Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia

Glaurdic Josip

ISBN: HB: 9780300166293, Yale University Press, October 2011
432 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 4 black&white illus.

By looking through the prism of the West's involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia, this book presents a new examination of the end of the Cold War in Europe. Incorporating declassified documents from the CIA, the administration of George H. W. Bush...

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Political Science

Local Redistribution and Local Democracy Interest Groups and the Courts

Gillette Clayton P.

ISBN: PB: 9780300125658, Yale University Press, July 2011
256 pp., 24.1x16.5 cm

The traditional theory of urban finance argues against local redistribution of wealth on the assumption that such action is likely to chase away the relatively wealthy, leaving only the impoverished behind. Nevertheless, Clayton Gillette observes, lo...

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Political Science

Philosophy

States of Violence An Essay on the End of War

Gros Frederic

ISBN: HB: 9781906497187, Seagull Books, September 2010
321 pp., 20.1x16.3 cm

According to political philosopher Frederic Gros, traditional notions of war and peace are currently being replaced by ideas of intervention and security. But while we may be able to speak of an end to war, this does not imply an end to violence. On...

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Political Science

Strategic Speaker The Goal-Driven Leadership of Speakers of the House

Green Matthew N.

ISBN: PB: 9780300153187, Yale University Press, May 2010
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 11 black&white illus.

In this title, Matthew N. Green provides the first comprehensive analysis of how the Speaker of the House has exercised legislative leadership from 1940 to the present. Green finds that the Speaker's party loyalty is tempered by a host of competing o...

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